Stanford University

News about Stanford University, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Feb. 15, 2015

Dueling lawsuits filed by Stanford University student Ellie Clougherty and mentor Joe Lonsdale have pushed juxtaposition of school's policies governing sexual contact between students and mentors and access it gives its students to world of Silicon Valley into media spotlight; Clouhgerty was junior at Stanford when she engaged in sexual relationship with mentor Lonsdale, who she is now accusing of rape. MORE

Jan. 17, 2015

Group of Stanford students asks university for copies of their admission records, and urges others to do the same; Stanford is required under federal law to comply within 45 days. MORE

Dec. 24, 2014

Stanford knocks off No 9 Texas, 74-71, in overtime; other college basketball scores noted. MORE

Dec. 18, 2014

College Basketball Roundup; Tennessee-Chattanooga stuns Stanford, 54-46, in women's college basketball; other men's and women's scores noted. MORE

Nov. 29, 2014

College Football Roundup; Stanford defeats UCLA, 31-10; Arizona defeats Arizona State, 42-35, to win Pacific-12 Conference South Division title; other college football scores and news noted. MORE

Nov. 18, 2014

Nov. 16, 2014

Construction of $235 million arts district at Stanford University is only one among a number of large-scale projects that are intended to create greater access to art in Silicon Valley; efforts are also aimed at balancing university's considerable reputation in fields associated with Silicon Valley. MORE

Sep. 8, 2014

Marc Tracy On College Football column; University of Southern California athletic director Pat Haden, who is also a member of College Football Playoff selection committee, argues with referees during USC's 13-10 victory over Stanford, spurring debate about committee's role; there are no established principles, but such actions are considered bad form. MORE

May. 30, 2014

Stanford University, riding wave of interest in technology, has become America's 'it' school, by measures that Harvard University once dominated; has had nation's lowest undergraduate acceptance for two years in a row and in five of last six years, has topped Princeton Review survey asking high school seniors to name their 'dream college'; it raises more money from donors than any other university. MORE

May. 15, 2014

Olympic champion swimmer Katie Ledecky plans to swim for Stanford after she graduates from high school in 2015. MORE

May. 10, 2014

Op-Ed article by Prof Ivo Welch asserts that Stanford University's decision to divest its endowment of stock in coal-mining companies will do little to help the environment; holds that Stanford's endowment represents tiny amount of market capitalization, and that many investors stand ready to buy its stock; suggests other ways that Stanford could be more effective in influencing reduction of fossil fuel use. MORE

May. 7, 2014

Stanford University says it will divest its $18.7 billion endowment of stock in coal-mining companies, becoming first major university to lend support to nationwide campaign to purge endowments and pension funds of fossil fuel investments. MORE

Apr. 12, 2014

Doug McDermott of Creighton and Chiney Ogwumike of Stanford win the John R Wooden Award as college basketball’s male and female players of the year. MORE

Apr. 7, 2014

Connecticut defeats Stanford, 75-56, in women's NCAA Final Four, advancing to national championship game. MORE

Apr. 6, 2014

Forward Chiney Ogwumike is the heartbeat of her team as she and the Stanford Cardinal prepare for national semifinal against Connecticut; it is the capstone of her career. MORE

Apr. 1, 2014

Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer has had such success with the triangle offense that men’s coach Johnny Dawkins has also become an enthusiastic practitioner; Stanford women are seeking their sixth Final Four berth in NCAA tournament in seven seasons. MORE

Mar. 28, 2014

Dayton outpaces Stanford, 82-72, in the Round of 16, to advance to the program’s first regional final in the NCAA tournament in 30 years. MORE

Feb. 22, 2014

Jan. 2, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Fitness regimen for Stanford football players focuses on function, balance and flexibility rather than brute strength. MORE

Dec. 30, 2013

Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University, known as D.school, continues to make global impact by encouraging its design students to find out what is most useful in real world; school has churned out dozens of innovative products and start-ups since it opened eight years ago, making model envy of universities worldwide. MORE

Dec. 19, 2013

Dec. 8, 2013

Cathy Horyn on trip to Stanford University where she discussed fashion start-ups with former J C Penney chief executive Ron Johnson before an audience of students, first such talk in Fashion at Stanford series. MORE

Nov. 17, 2013

Southern California defeats Stanford, 20-17, in college football action. MORE

Nov. 12, 2013

No 1 Connecticut women beat No 3 Stanford, 76-57, in college basketball action; other scores noted. MORE

Nov. 8, 2013

Nov. 1, 2013

Full Moon on the Quad, tradition at Stanford where upperclassmen give so-called welcome kisses to incoming freshmen, is reluctantly but officially sanctioned by university officials; event is often followed by campus outbreak of mono and the flu. MORE

Oct. 20, 2013

Oct. 13, 2013

College Football Top 25 Roundup; Utah upsets Stanford, 27-21; other scores noted. MORE

Oct. 12, 2013

Tara Siegel Bernard Your Money column on Joshua Rauh, Stanford finance professor who has opened his graduate-level course on the finance of retirement and pensions to the masses; notes animated visuals and colorful graphics help clarify the concepts in 10 lecture videos, offered free online. MORE

Mar. 11, 2013

Mar. 8, 2013

University of California men’s swimming team wins Pac-12 championship ending Stanford’s 31-year conference title streak; but both programs await nationals as the final word. MORE

Feb. 21, 2013

Council for Aid to Education's annual college fund-raising survey finds that Stanford University in 2012 became first university to raise more than $1 billion in single year; university said its five-year capital campaign took in $6.23 billion. MORE

Jan. 22, 2013

Stanford Law School opens the nation's only clinic devoted to religious liberty, with financial backing from conservative groups the John Templeton Foundation and the Becket fund for Religious Liberty; move is indication of where the church-state debate has moved and the growth of hands-on legal education. MORE

Jan. 2, 2013

Stanford defeats Wisconsin, 20-14, to become the Rose Bowl champions. MORE

Jan. 1, 2013

Profile of Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan, who started and won Stanford's last four games to lead the Cardinal into Rose Bowl against Wisconsin. MORE

Dec. 30, 2012

College Basketball Women's Roundup; Connecticut snaps Stanford's 82-game unbeaten streak at home in a 61-35 rout; other scores noted. MORE

Dec. 22, 2012

Stanford defensive lineman Terrence Stephens is declared ineligible for the Rose Bowl against Wisconsin because of a violation of NCAA rules related to housing. MORE

Dec. 9, 2012

Revs Program at Stanford University, founded to create repository of automotive history, will receive archives of Road & Track magazine from Hearst Publishing. MORE

Dec. 1, 2012

Stanford beats UCLA, 27-24, to win college football's Pacific-12 title game. MORE

Nov. 25, 2012

College Football National Roundup; Stanford beats UCLA, 35-17, to reach Pacific-12 title game; other scores noted. MORE

Nov. 23, 2012

College Basketball Men's Roundup; Missouri defeats Stanford, 78-70, in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis; other scores noted. MORE

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